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The Validity of Aquinas’ Third Way
New Scholasticism 45 (1):117-126 (1971)
Abstract
This article argues for the formal validity of and the truth of the premises and conclusion of a version of Aquinas' "Third Way" that says: If each of the parts of nature is contingent, the whole of nature is contingent. Each of the parts of nature is contingent. Therefore, the whole of nature is contingent--where "contingent" means having a cause and not existing self-sufficiently.Author's Profile
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